Dax Jones will not be tamed.The Children of Limitless Ability can do all sorts of amazing things. Terrifying things too. Some can move things with their minds. Some can make themselves vanish. Dax Jones can change his form; can hurtle through the sky at 200km an hour, or swim underwater for minutes on end.But all is not well. Fenton Lodge, the school and home the COLA kids had grown to love over the past few years, is being turned into a prison. The new prime minister has set up a crack force of experts to manage, contain and use the COLA resource in the best interests of decent hardworking Britishpeople. And . . . if necessary . . . to shut it all down. Permanently.With all communication scrutinized, Dax's only option is to write to his spoilt little sister, Alice. Even she might notice something is amiss, if she reads his letters properly. And Alice, for all her annoying shallowness, does notice. And what she does about it is extraordinary.But then, she is the half-sister of Dax Jones.
A time travel mystery adventure for ages 8-11. A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake take Stella and Tom to their home and the children living there 100 years in the past.
Cliff Secord, an airplane racer, finds a secret rocket pack developed by and stolen from Howard Hughes, unaware that Nazi agents are after it.
Whisked away to Africa on this adventure in the tree house, Jack and Annie cannot believe all the wild animals they see.
It's not long before they learn the warning is right! In search of an old Chinese legend, they head to the palace of the dragon king. But he is not pleased to see them!
Fortælling. Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle Climb the ladder to the Magic Tree House.
Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
When the magic tree house transports Jack and Annie back to the Middle Ages for another adventure, they follow a knight on horseback and sneak into a castle feast, only to be caught as spies!
Now master librarians, Jack and Annie are sent on a mission to find a lost story - in ancient Rome!
When the tree house lands in the freezing ice age, Jack and Annie have to hide from hunters and escape from a great cave bear.
L. Frank Baum, Grace Mabie. Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Mabie , Grace , ( date ) The wonderful Wizard of Oz / by L. Frank Baum ; retold by Grace Mabie ; illustrated by Tom Newsom . p . cm .